FIDIC Awards 2018

Awards Programme

1. Introduction

FIDIC Awards are presented every year for projects that help world economies and communities to develop a higher Quality of Life.

The programme below outlines the aims of the FIDIC Awards, the nominations being sought, how they will be judged, and the outline programme for submission of nominations and judging of the projects.

2. Aims of the Awards

The FIDIC Awards will:

promote FIDIC principles: Quality, Integrity and Sustainability

celebrate outstanding projects where FIDIC member firms have had a major involvement

help publicise the work of consulting engineering firms and the contribution they make to quality of life

encourage others to understand and support FIDIC principles

encourage the use of FIDIC contracts and guidelines

The Awards will support the aims of the Federation which are to promote the use of international FIDIC best practice and resources.

The FIDIC Awards were presented at the Gala Dinner during the FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference in Berlin, Germany, on Monday 10th of September 2018. More information is available at www.fidic2018.org.

3. Award Nominations

Award nominations are open to firms that have provided the main engineering and related services on projects of all types and all sizes.

Submissions should come from firms or groups of firms that belong to FIDIC Member Associations & Associates, or Affiliates. All submissions should be endorsed by FIDIC Member Associations, Associates, or Affiliates based in the country where the project is located or where the firm is based.

Award nominations should demonstrate:

innovation, quality, and professional excellence

the principles of transparency and integrity. FIMS or other Integrity Management Systems will be considered

sustainability and respect for th environment

Projects should have been in operation for at least 1 year on the closing date for submissions and should have been completed in the last 5 years. A maximum of 20 entries will be accepted from each country. If more than 20 entries are received from one country, priority will be given to those endorsed by the corresponding FIDIC MA over the ones presented by Associate Members, which in turn will have priority over those presented by Affiliates.

The headline categories for these awards will be:

FIDIC Outstanding Project of the Year

FIDIC Award of Merit

The total number of prizes to be awarded will be at the judges’ discretion.

4. Judges

The judging team is comprised of the FIDIC Past Presidents, convened by the Immediate Past President. The judges will convene and rank the projects. All projects that are judged to be of particular merit will receive a FIDIC Award.

6. Submission guidelines

Signatures by the submitting firm(s) and the client(s)/owner(s) of the project.

A letter from the FIDIC Member Association, Associate or Affiliate in the country where the project is located or where the firm is based endorsing the submission of each project to the FIDIC Awards.

Up to 5 photographs of the project. The format should be JPG or JPEG in high resolution.

A maximum of 5 pages that describe the project, the services provided by the firm, and information that demonstrates why the project should receive an award: the project’s innovation, quality, and professional excellence; the principles of transparency and integrity and; sustainability and respect for the environment.

Please note that the submission must not be longer than 5 pages. If any are longer than five pages then only the first five pages will be evaluated.

Names and information in the form and material should be typed or printed in the English language.

All firms deserving and Award of Merit will be encouraged to display a poster presenting their projects at the 2018 FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference in Berlin, Germany.

The awards will be presented at the FIDIC Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner on Monday 10th of September, 2018in Berlin, Germany. Please register to secure your place at the event as well as to participate in the FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference in Berlin 2018. More information is available on the conference website at www.fidic2018.org